Did Rupert Murdoch Leak Wolverine? Or Was It The Scientologists? By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2009 11:37 am EST Now, like Rupert Murdoch, it’s easy to hate the Church of Scientology. More to the point, it’s fun to hate it. And when a college friend made a doc about the Church fifteen years ago, I got to see first-hand (albeit on a small scale) how intimidation tactics might be used to attempt to corral those who speak out against it....
Director Mark Romanek Quits The Wolf Man By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 30, 2008 12:46 am EST There is a thermometer in my mouth as I type this surrounded by cherry cough drop wrappers, but this news was too terrible to not germinate my keyboard. Director Mark Romanek has left The Wolf Man, the $100 million remake of the horror classic starring Benicio Del Toro in the title role alongside Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt that was scheduled to start filming on February 18th....
Elijah Wood Reveals Happy Feet 2 Details By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 23, 2010 4:00 am EST WhatsPlaying spoke to Elijah Wood, who is in Sydney Australia recording his voice for George Miller’s Happy Feet 2. Not much is revealed in the video, but Elijah does drop a bit of news — which I wouldn’t consider a spoiler unless you haven’t seen the first film. Wood’s character Mumble the tapdancing penguin is a father this time around....
Exclusive Interview: Where The Wild Things Are Director Spike Jonze By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 16, 2009 5:00 am EST This weekend, Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are finally hits movie theaters after two and a half years of post production craziness. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down wth another one of my favorite filmmakers, Spike Jonze, to talk about the struggle to bring this children’s book to the big screen....
Explicit Ills Movie Trailer By Hunter Stephenson/March 5, 2009 2:26 pm EST Though the trailer goes out of its way to convince me that Explicit Ills is another stereotypical indie exploring unity and humanity through melodramatic penitence, the film continues to be passionately endorsed by the it-scene players involved. In fact, when Peter viewed the film at last year’s SXSW, where it won an audience award, it was humorously noted that the film’s sizable entourage filled out the theater and the majority of voter ballots....
Five Photos From Ninja Assassin By Peter Sciretta/June 16, 2008 12:33 am EST /Film reader Christopher M sent over four photos from James McTeigue’s Ninja Assassin, which is being produced by The Wachowski Brothers. You might also want to head over to IESB, because they have some details about the opening sequence of the film. The film stars stars Korean pop star Rain (Speed Racer) as Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world....
For Your Consideration: The Dark Knight For Best Picture By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 17, 2008 12:11 pm EST Warner Bros has started pushing The Dark Knight for Best Picture with For Your Consideration advertisements in the trades. The advertisement below was found on Variety.com. For Your Consideration: The Dark Knight For Best Picture By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 17, 2008 12:11 pm EST Warner Bros has started pushing The Dark Knight for Best Picture with For Your Consideration advertisements in the trades....
Geek Deal: Watch Disney/Pixar Movies Online For Free! By Peter Sciretta/June 11, 2008 1:37 am EST Did you know that you can now watch Finding Nemo online? Yes, the entire film! And I’m not talking about Bit Torrent, I’m talking about free and completely legal! Taking a cue from ABC.com, Disney has decided to begin streaming movies that air during the Saturday Night Wonderful World of Disney presentations. You will be able to stream the movies anytime in the week following the network presentation on Disney....
Hatchet Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 23, 2007 6:14 am EST I remember when going to a comic-con meant you were going to see something new and special. Something not available online for anyone to see. That day is gone. The teaser trailer for Hatchet was supossed to make it’s grand premiere at the New York City Comic Con this weekend, but has already turned up online. They didn’t even wait till Monday....
Joel And Ethan Coen-Scripted Gambit May Still See The Light Of Day By Russ Fischer/Jan. 11, 2010 9:36 am EST The biggest industry story this morning is about the fact that Variety lost its best news reporter, Mike Fleming, to Nikki Finke’s Deadline/Hollywood. At Variety, Fleming dug up a lot of interesting news, some of which became proper headline material, and some of which didn’t. One of the bits that wasn’t is buried down at the bottom of a trade article I just referenced here....
Legendary Pictures Brings The Warren Ellis Comic Series Gravel To The Screen By Russ Fischer/Oct. 9, 2009 10:37 am EST Constantine didn’t entirely work out as a franchise starter or as an adaptation of its source material, the comic Hellblazer. But there’s room for more than one supernatural solider or detective on screens. So Legendary Pictures, which loves to develop comic book movies (recent Batman and Superman films, 300, Watchmen, Jonah Hex) has picked up the rights to Gravel, the series by Warren Ellis and Mike Wolfer that centers on British ‘combat magician’ William Gravel....
Lionsgate Dumps Another Movie…This Time It’s Joel Schumacher’s By Russ Fischer/Sept. 18, 2009 10:30 am EST To go from directing major tentpole films and discovering real new talent to having your movie unceremoniously dumped in dollar theatres isn’t a fate I would wish on many filmmakers. Joel Schumacher might be an exception. For some reason I watched about ten minutes of Batman and Robin the other night, which served to remind me of just how truly terrible a superhero film can be....
LOL: Twilight E-Cards By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 11, 2008 2:04 am EST These two Twilight E-Cards are brilliant. Source Someecards.com, Found via Vulture. LOL: Twilight E-Cards By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 11, 2008 2:04 am EST These two Twilight E-Cards are brilliant. Source Someecards.com, Found via Vulture. These two Twilight E-Cards are brilliant. Source Someecards.com, Found via Vulture.
Mia Wasikowska And Michael Fassbender Joining Jane Eyre, From Sin Nombre Director Cary Fukunaga By Russ Fischer/Nov. 19, 2009 10:00 pm EST Oh, this is some good stuff. I was a little surprised recently when the announcement came down that Cary Fukunaga, who directed the very excellent Sin Nombre, would adapt Charlotte Bronte’s classic novel Jane Eyre as his next film. But I liked Sin Nombre so much that I’ll watch anything Fukunaga does at this point....
Michael Keaton Cast In Toy Story 3 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2008 2:53 pm EST Michael Keaton will voice the role of Ken (as in Barbie’s boyfriend Ken) in Toy Story 3. Jodi Benson (who voiced Barbie in the Toy Story series) revealed the news to IESB. This will be Keaton’s second appearance in a Pixar film, after voicing Chick Hicks in Cars. What We Already Know about Toy Story 3: Toy Story 3 will be released in digital Disney 3D on June 18th 2010....
New Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay Poster By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 12, 2007 11:18 pm EST UGO has a new craptastic poster for Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay. And by craptastic, I mean, it’s not as good as the teaser poster. How can you get any better than Neil Patrick Harris on a unicorn? The new poster also features the new funny play on words tagline “This time they’re running from the joint....
Nicolas Winding Refn Off Both Jekyll And The Dying Of The Light By Russ Fischer/Feb. 15, 2010 9:24 am EST I know it seems like we’ve had a lot of posts lately about Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, but that’s what happens when a guy who has been making interesting movies for several years starts to nose around studio films. He got attached to a lot of projects in short order, and now some of those naturally have to fall away....
Notorious Video Clip By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 23, 2008 6:46 pm EST
Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2009 10:15 am EST Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 26 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. This awesome new bumper sticker will make its debut at Comic-Con....
Paramount Pictures Comic-Con Details Revealed By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2007 12:43 pm EST Paramount Pictures has announced a detailed scheduling for the planned Thursday, July 26th 1:30pm Comic-Con panel. Here is the rundown thanks to ROS: Transformers – taped message from Michael Bay Hot Rod – Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone present Stardust – Neil Gaiman present Beowulf – Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary present Sweeney Todd – mini poster reveal Spiderwick Chronicles – Mark Waters, Holly Black, Phil Tippet and Tony Tetzelli present....
